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CLOTHES LINE SUPPORT.

Patented 'May 10, 1898.

// l 'la UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JERRY'S. GREEN, OF MAQUOKETA, IOWA.

CLOTHES-LINE SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 603,633, dated May 10,1898.

Application led September 30, 1897. Serial No. 653,614. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, JERRY S. GREEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Maquoketa, in the county of Jackson and State of Iowa, haveinvented anewand useful Clothes- Line Support, of which the followingisaspecification.

This invention aims to provide an extensible clothes-line prop which canbe readily adapted to the height of the line and to the size of thearticle suspended therefrom and which can be cheaply constructed andpossess lightness and durability and be capable of easy manipulation andadjustment.

For a full understanding of the merits and advantages of the inventionreference is to be had to the accompanying drawings and the followingdescription.

The improvement is susceptible of various changes in the form,proportion, and the minor details of construction without departing fromthe principle or sacricing any of the advantages thereof, and to a fulldisclosure of the invention an adaptation thereof is shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 -is a perspective view of theimproved prop, the lower portion being broken away. Fig. 2 is a detailsection thereof. Fig. 3 is a detail view in elevation of the upperportion of the extensible or line section.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in the several views of the drawings by thesame reference characters.

The prop is composed of two strips, sections, or members l and 2,slidingly related, so as to be longitudinally extensible to vary thelength of the prop according to the distance desired for supporting theclothes-line' from the ground or surface. rIhese members are strips ofwood of suitable length and are di rected in their movements by loops,bands,

or keepers 3, secured to the ground member 2 a short distance apart andat its upper end. A spring-catch 4t is applied to the part 2 andoperates through an openingtherein and beyond the inner face of the saidpart to engage with one of a series of openings 5, provided in the partl, whereby the latter is held at the required position. This catch isformed from a length of spring-wire having one end bent about at rightangles to operate through of which it is attached to the lower or groundY member of the prop. It will be observed that the catch is locatedbetween the guides or loops 3, and by reason of the latter being fixedwith reference to the part 2 the catch maintains a fixed relationthereto.

A series of slots 6, 7, and 8 are formed in parallel relation in theupper end portion of the part or member l and are separated byoppositely-extending parts 9 and l0. The slots 7 and 8 are united orcommunicate at their upper ends, whereas the slots 6 and 7 are incommunication at their lower ends, the slot 6 opening at its upper endthrough the contiguous edge of the part l, forming a passage ll, whichinclines downwardly and outwardly. The slots 6, 7, and 8intercommunicate and form in effect a serpentine or zigzag slot whoseinner end is closed and the outer end open for the ingress and egress ofthe line when placing the prop in position or removing it from the line.

By having the slot constructed as shown the clothes-line when inposition rests in the lower end of the slot 8 and cannot be accidentallydisplaced by the swaying movements of the line occasioned by the windblowing the clothes or articles suspended therefrom. When placing theprop in position, the clothes-line enters the passage l1 and by anup-and-down movement of the prop the line is caused to traverse theslots 6 and 7 and enter the slot 8, and an upward movement of the propbrings the line to the lower end of the slot 8, which is the position itwill occupy when the prop is in active operation.

To prevent the closed end of the line-retaining slot being materiallydeepened or worn by the line and the upper sides of the openings 5 frombeing worn, nails or pins 12 are driven into the edge of the part 1, soas to receive the stress and wear and prevent the enlargement of theslot or openings, as will be readilyunderstood. In the practicalconstruction of the prop it will be formed of white pine, bass, poplar,cotton, or other wood, according to 'the locality, and which will becheap, light, and comparatively soft. I-Ience the advantage ofreinforcing the open`- IOO ings 5 and the line-receiving slot in themanner set forth.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. In anextensible clothes-line prop, the combination With therelatively-slidable parts or members held togethery and directed intheir movements, one of the sections being provided with a series ofopenings, of a catch applied to the other section to engage with any oneof the openings to hold the parts in an adjusted position, and nails orpins driven into the section having the series of openings so as to cometo one side of the said openings to reinforce them and receive the wearand strain of the catch, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A clothes-line support having a linere oeiving slot of a zigzag orserpent-ine form, comprising inner and outer slots separated by anintermediate part, the inner slot being closed at its lower end and theouter slot having communication with the upper end of the inner slot andhaving a passage extending through the edge of the support,substantially as speciied.

3. vA clothes-line prop having aseries of straight parallel slots incommunication at opposite ends, the outermost slot having a passagecommunicating with itsv upper end, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

Li. An extensible clothes -line prop constructed substantially as hereinspecified, comprising relatively-slidable strips, the one having aseries of openings and a line-receiving slot, the latter consisting of aseries of straight parallel slots in communication at Vopposite ends,and having a passage leading from the upper end of the outermost'slotthrough the edge of the strip in a downwardly and outwardly inclineddirectio`n,nails or pins driven into the edge of the said strip toreinforce the series of openings thereof and the inner closed end of theline-receiving slot, loops or guides' spaced apart and secured to theupper end portion of the other strip, and a spring-catch applied to thelast-mentioned strip and located between the loops or guides to engagewith the openings of the rst-mentioned strip to hold the strips in anadjusted position, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JERRY S. GREEN.

Witnesses:

I-I. M. TRACY, J. W. DUNLAP.

